Water cooler



De'c. 11 1923. J. R. KINCKINER WATER COOLER Filed Nov. 30. 1920 4&2 5

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Unirse STATES JOSHUA ROY KNCKINER, OF POTTSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

WATER COOLER.

Application iiled November 30, 1920. Serial No. 427,355.

To all '1n/om t may concern.'

Be it known thatl, JOSHUA loY KINCK- man, a citizen of the United States, residing in Pottstown, `in the county of Montgomery and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lVater Coolers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has as its principal object the provision of means whereby the passengers in a railway car are provided with a supply of water which is filtered, cool and palatable.

Another' object of this invention is in the provision of means whereby a water tank may be attached to the roof of a railway car in such manner as to occupy no useful space and connect with the delivery system in the car.r l

These and other like objects are attained by the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawings, forming a material part of this disclosure, and in which Figure l is a transverse sectional view o a part of a railway car, showing the cooler as applied in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the tank taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view of the feed pipe leading from the tank to the service faucet, as enclosed in a vacuum tube.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the

' numeral 10 designates a conventional type of railway passenger' car having a floor 11, a double roof 12 and side walls 14.

Attached upon the lower side roof 15 of the car is a platform 16 having fastened to it semi-elliptical springs 17 arranged in pairs which support a flat bottomed tank 18 having ends 20, secured to upwardly extending plates 21 fixed to the platform 16.

The upper portion 22 of the tank is semir cylindrical and forms a vacuum chamber 23 a suction pipe 24 leading therefrom to the air pumps of the locomotive.

Disposed concentrically within the outer tank 22 is an inner water storage tank 25 having a removable cover 27 which is protected by the cap 28 on the outer tank 22, both covers being removable for the purpose of refilling the water tank 25. A

`Leading from the water tank and passing through the suction chamber 23 and outer tank 22 at the bottom, is a pipe 29 which passes through the platform V16 and the roof 15, where it is bent, as at 3() to `provide against damageby shocks, jars and vibration, it being'controlled by a valve 31 and then enters a vertical tank 32 containing filtering material. y

The filter tank 32 has hooks 33 secured to the rear at the top and bottom thereof adapted to engage with openings in the bracket-s 35, which are secured the car.

Below the filtering tank 32 is a cooler 37 which is connected by a pipe having a union 38.

Around the cooler ice is tightly packed which can be supplied by opening a door 40 secured to a cabinet 41 surrounding the filtering tank 31 and the cooler 37 which rests upon av shelf 43 secured upon angles 44 eX- tending'from the side walls of the car and cabinet, the latter being recessed to contain a faucet 45 extending from the cooler.

In the modification shown in Fig. 3 the pipe 29 is shown to be secured centrally of plugs at its ends and encased in a tube 51 forming a vacuum chamber 52 with which is connected a cock 53 controlling a pipe 54, which, like the pipe 24, communicates with the-pumps or vacuum system of the car.

In operation, the caps of the supply tank are removed and the tank 25 iilled with,

potable water from any convenient source, as by a iiexible hose, the valve 31 being closed. Upon opening the valve the water will pass through the4 pipe 29 to the filter 30 and thence into the tank 37 surrounded by ice and is withdrawn as desired.

Connections having been made from the pipes 24 and 54 the water is maintained at an equable temperature free from becoming overheated or fromfreezing due tio the vacuum surrounding the supply tank and outlet pipe.

From the foregoing it will be seen that to the side wall 14 of means are provided for supplying passengers at all times with a supply of cool and pure drinking waterand that the supply means occupy no useful space withinthe car.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1; In a railway car drinking supply system, an ice chamber, a service tank therein. a supply tank on the roof of the'car, an

i said tanks, the Yineans being supplied from a distant source, 4and 'iiexible tubulail connections between said supply and service tanks.

2. In a railwa7 car drinking sup-ply system, an -ice chamber, a service tank therein, ai ysupply tank, an outer tank spaced concentrically therefrom, resilient supports forz s aid tanks resting on the side rootl of the car and resilienttubular connectionsfrom said suppl-y tank to` saidl service tank.

3. A railwayv car fountaincomprising` an ice closet having` a. drain, a cooler tankl in said closet, controllable means for withdrawing thel ontt-ints of said cooler, filter tank over said cooler connected therewitlna supply t-anlg on the side. root of the; car, a second tank circum-jagent thereto, andliaving a space therebetween, the mentioned,l space being exhausted ot.. air and normally oper ating toI prevent freezing, the water` in said supplyl tank, ripgilI connections between said tanks5- resilientn elements interveningbetween the roofand: titlev outer ot said tanks and meahs fol? filling Said 'Supply #eek-a 4in1-n .a railway Car?" Water Supplying d@- vice, a supply `tank disposed longitudinally upon the roof ot' tlieeajiya casingv there around by which said tank is supported, said casing forming a Vacuum chamber, a platform von the roof below said casing, spring elements interposed between said Casing and said platform, a discharge pipe rorn saidftank7V avacuum chamber through which said* pipe passes, said pipe being bent to provide resiliencea a filter in towhieh said pipe leadsa and a` cooler communicating with said filter.

5: In a railway cardrinkingsupply system, a refrigerating .means c omprisi n g, ay

cabinet Vfor holding ice, `a water cooling tank surrounded by said ice, a filter in said cabinet disposed ab ov e th e ice? a water sup- 111i'vv @ulisse/Cured. te the aerien et Said casing Y surrounding;

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